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Jeter, Trout lead AL over NL 5-3 in All-Star game 07/17/2014 01:54am • RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Derek Jeter soaked in the adulation from fans and players during one more night on baseball's national stage, set the tone for the American League with a pregame speech and then delivered two final All-Star hits.Mike Trout, perhaps the top candidate t UK man gets more than 12 years for Taliban support 07/17/2014 01:08am • JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A British citizen was sentenced Wednesday to more than 12 years in prison by a judge who said he supported the Taliban regime in Afghanistan while it was protecting Osama bin Laden.Judge Janet Hall sentenced Babar Ahmad to 12 years and si Feds seek to air consumer finance complaints 07/16/2014 08:00pm • JEFF HORWITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has heard from hundreds of thousands of consumers who feel wronged by banks and finance companies. Now the agency wants the public to hear from those consumers too.On Wednesday, the bureau proposed allowing con Cutting the cord: The trend of ditching the cable box 07/16/2014 06:30pm • WASHINGTON -- It's a tough call to make, but more people are cutting the cable cord. With more options out there, many people think paying for cable isn't worth it. Options such as Roku and Chromecast, which deliver current TV shows on an actual TV -- rather than a computer, and paid services su Yahoo 2Q earnings, revenue fall amid ad slump 07/16/2014 06:18pm • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday that its second-quarter earnings and revenue declined, as the company struggled again with display advertising sales.Both fell short of Wall Street's expectations, as did revenue forecast for the current quarter, causing t Assad declares victory, push to topple him tenuous 07/16/2014 06:10pm • ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) -- In a lavish ceremony, a smiling and confident President Bashar Assad was sworn in for a third seven-year term on Wednesday, praising his supporters for "defeating the dirty war" and denouncing insurgents who have "failed in trying to brainwash you or break Naver says Line messenger app mulls IPO 07/16/2014 05:20pm • YOUKYUNG LEE AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Line Corp., the operator of a popular mobile messaging app, has submitted an IPO application to the Tokyo Stock Exchange but might also seek a New York listing, its parent company Naver Corp. said Wednesday.Naver, South Korea's largest Int NJ Gov. Christie to be in Iowa and 2016 spotlight 07/16/2014 04:40pm • THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- New Jersey's Chris Christie insists it's his role as Republican Governors Association chairman that's bringing him to Iowa this week, to raise money for other politicians, including Gov. Terry Branstad, a five-term incumbent with lots of camp House votes to extend moratorium on Internet taxes 07/16/2014 02:40pm • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House voted Tuesday to make permanent a moratorium that prevents state and local governments from taxing access to the Internet.Under current law, the moratorium expires Nov. 1, exposing Internet users to the same kind of connection fees tha British police arrest 660 suspected pedophiles 07/16/2014 09:10am • LONDON (AP) -- British police say they have arrested 660 suspected pedophiles during a six-month operation.The National Crime Agency said Wednesday the investigation targeted Internet users with child abuse images -- suspects who included doctors, teachers, Scout leaders and former police officers.D Labor market still needs Fed support, chair says 07/16/2014 07:04am • MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite recent sizable job gains, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is signaling that her agency is in no rush to withdraw the massive support it is providing the U.S. economy.Extra caution is warranted, she said Tuesday, given a number of "f Journalist, activist released by US Border Patrol 07/16/2014 05:18am • CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- Prominent immigration activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who has lived and worked in the U.S. illegally for years, was released by U.S. Border Patrol agents on Tuesday after being detained at a South Texas a All-Star farewell: Jeter takes bow, hits double 07/16/2014 03:18am • DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Derek Jeter was a huge hit from the very start in his final All-Star game.Batting leadoff for the American League, the 40-year-old shortstop for the New York Yankees soaked in an ovation that lasted more than a minute at Target Field, then seized th All-Star farewell: Jeter takes bow, hits double 07/16/2014 03:18am • DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Derek Jeter was a huge hit from the very start in his final All-Star game.Batting leadoff for the American League, the 40-year-old shortstop for the New York Yankees soaked in an ovation that lasted more than a minute at Target Field, then seized th UK lawmakers debate emergency data-retention law 07/15/2014 10:40pm • LONDON (AP) -- British lawmakers debated the balance between privacy and security Tuesday during an unusual one-day session designed to rush an online surveillance bill through Parliament.A series of government and opposition legislators spoke in the House of Commons to condemn the Data Retention an